Sri Vaishnavi Ghantasala is WIT’s Girl of the Year
Sri Vaishnavi Ghantasala, a Chattahoochee High School senior, was presented the Girl of the Year award at the Georgia Aquarium by Women in Technology (WIT), an Atlanta-based nonprofit that promotes STEAM careers for women “from the classroom to the boardroom.”
Vaishnavi plans to major in computer science and math and be a data analyst. Meanwhile, she is VP of the Computer Science for Girls Club, Team Captain of Modern Physics Club, President of Medha Club, cofounder of SpeakPro (club for student communication skills), enjoys sketching, singing, and badminton, and has won second place at the international (USA-Canada) level of the Telugu Maatlaata competition for three years.
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For over 25 years, Women in Technology (WIT) has worked to empower and educate women and girls about opportunities in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) by educating middle and high school girls, and young women in college, and by sharing the stories of successful professional women in STEAM.
https://www.mywit.org/participate/2019-wit-awards-winners/#sri
https://patch.com/georgia/johnscreek/chattahoochee-high-senior-named-girl-year
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sri-vaishnavi-ghantasala-847344174/
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/women-in-technology-announces-winners-of-the-2019-women-of-the-year-awards-1028706529
About Siliconandhra Telugu Maatlaata International Competition:
http://manabadi.siliconandhra.org/maatlaata/guidelines/
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